Ornamentation.



' J. s. CORREA.

ORNAMENTATION.

APPLICATION FlLED DEC. 18, 1913.

l 14; 1,3 1 7. Patented June 1, 1915.

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OENAMENTATION.

Application filed December 18, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN S. CORREA, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamentation; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in form ornamentation, and is especially designed to provide a method of applying articles to a suitable surface or support in such a manner that the articles themselves are arranged and associated to produce an ornamental whole or finished product or form, which is an entity in itself, formed by the articles displayed thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for readily attaching and detaching the articles to be displayed, without injury to them, which is especially advantageous where the finished form or design is made up of perishable articles or fruits, such as oranges, apples, pears, peaches, etc., any of whichrmay from time to time be readily replaced by others, so that the completed form or ornamentation always has the appearance of freshness, adding largely to the esthetic efiect on the eye.

With these principal objects in view, the invention, therefore, consists of the novel association of elements and combination of parts, hereinafter disclosed, to produce the desired ornamental figure, and the particular features of novelty will be more succinctly pointed out in the appended claims. It will be obvious, however, that minor structural equivalents may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention, and Without sacrificing any of the vital principles thereof, and while the invention is not limited, therefore, to the exact details shown and described, still for the purpose of disclosure reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a practical embodiment of the same, in which drawings like characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1, is a view in elevation of the completed ornamentation, partly broken away to show the manner of attaching the articles to the main support. Fig. 2, is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June it, 1915.

Serial N 0. 807,480.

on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and showing in detail one method of applying the articles to the main support. 3 is a perspective view of one of the resilient supporting clips for the articles, and Fig. 4, is a top plan view of a slightly modified form of supporting clip.

It will be understood that the actual form or contour of the main support, and the material of which it is composed, whether wire meshing, wood or other material, is not essential to the general invention, and if desired this main support may be so shaped as to form when decorated an enlarged representation of the class of articles ornamentally applied thereto. For instance it may .be pear-shaped, but for the present purpose of disclosure, I have simply illustrated oranges as the decorating articles or fruit applied to a spherical support.

1 therefore designates a main support of any suitable contour or material, and on the outer surface of this main support are arranged a plurality of clips adapted to detachably hold the oranges or other articles 2, and there are a suflicient number of these clips, so that when the oranges or similar articles are engaged thereby, said articles lie in juxtaposition and substantially cover and adorn the entire outer surface of said support, producing by said ornamentation, a separate, unitary and distinct decorative product. It is obvious that these clips may be of varied form and attached to the main support in any suitable way, but in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, they are shown as comprising a resilient wire member, bent to form resilient straddling arms 3, terminating in looped ends 4, which looped ends 4, provide engaging faces to snugly but detachably retain the applied oranges in position on the main support. As shown in these figures the spring clips may also be provided centrally with a depression 5 in which the closed end of a staple is seated and driven or other wise fastened to the main support. This depression 5, in addition to holding the spring clip centered in position, also has the function of seating the staple 6 below the inside surface of the spring clip so that the staple does not project into engagement with the fruit, thereby avoiding abrasion of the latter, which is more particularly of importance where pears or peaches or other tender skinned fruits form the surface ornamentation. The main support is also provided with any suitable suspending means, which may consist of a hanger 7 secured at one end to the main support andat its other end provided with a hook 8 for suspending the ornamental article from any suitable place within a window or room.

In Fig. i there is shown a slightly modified form of spring clip, wherein instead of employing the depression 6, the resilient arms 3 are provided centrally with a bent coil or ring 9 providing an eyelet for the reception of a screw or other fastening member. In this construction the resilient arms 3 are provided with looped ends l similar to those described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.

From the foregoing it is believed that further detailed description as to the mode ofassembling, etc., is neither necessary nor desirable, but it might be stated the finished product makes a very attractive and esthetic novelty for the purposes of ornamentation, and particularly around the holiday seasons such as'Christmas, or other festive occasions, the invention consisting of a new departure form of festoon, adapted for use in the decoration of rooms, fairs, etc., and being particularly applicable for use in decorating a mercantile show window or show room.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. As a combined means of individual and collective article display and ornamentation, a main support provided with a plurality of spring clips for holding said articles to be Copies of this patent may be obtained for displayed readily detachable in juxtaposition around said main support to envelop same, the arms of said spring clips being substantially of lesser length than the diameter of the article displayed and practically hidden thereby, and said main support being substantially of the same contour as the articles displayed, whereby there is produced a design display of the individual articles as an ornamental whole in the form of an enlarged imitation of the individual articles displayed, substantially as described.

2. Asa combined means of individual and collective article display and ornamentation, a main support provided with a plurality of substantially semicircular spring clips formed of resilient wire terminating in en gaging loops adapted to hold the articles to be displayed readily detachable in juxtaposition around said main support, said main support and spring clips being substantially hidden thereby, and said main support being substantially of the same con- 7 tour as the articles displayed, whereby there is produced a design display of the individual articles as an" ornamental whole in the form of an enlarged imitations of the individual articles displayed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. 7 JOHN S. GORREA.

Withessesi CHESTER E. IVARNER,

JOHN S. GIUSTA.

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